Posted on May 18, 2013 by Ifreke Okpokowuruk
Diego Pablo Simeone arrived in December 2011 to take charge of a sunken team full of ghosts. On January 7, 2012, in La Roselda he led the first party of a group of players that came from being eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Segunda B (Albacete) and had come too close to the monster of descent.
Less than a year and a half later, el Cholo has made Atletico Madrid a team that looks nothing like the one he started with. Last season his team recovered to be eliminated so close to the Champions League. Next remained a goal much greater for the club, but one that was much heavier. Continue reading “The “Special Three”: Diego Simeone’s incredible transformation of Atletico” »
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Category Atletico De Madrid, Copa del Rey
Posted on May 18, 2013 by Ifreke Okpokowuruk
Staff, coaches and managers of Atletico Madrid were celebrating Friday’s Copa del Rey title with their fans through the streets of the capital. The bus, which departed the Vicente Calderon stadium past around 5:30 pm with the slogan “Atleti makes you stronger”, made its first stop at the headquarters of the Community of Madrid before going through the city and down to Neptune, where it is expected to finish. Continue reading “Today Madrid is red and white” »
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Category Atletico De Madrid, Copa del Rey, Real Madrid
Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ifreke Okpokowuruk
Atletico Madrid came into the Bernabeu almost 10-1 underdogs to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final Friday night. But after 125 minutes of time on the pitch it was Los RojiBlancos who were starting off their celebrations which will surely last long into the night.
It was a magnanimous win for Diego Simeone’s team, a club who had not beaten La Real since 1999. Atletico and Real had met in the final 4 times prior, and had lost every time. It is the 10th Copa del Rey trophy for the club, and their first in an astonishing seventeen years. Continue reading “Atletico shocks the world in Copa del Rey final” »
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Category Atletico De Madrid, Copa del Rey, Real Madrid
Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ifreke Okpokowuruk
One day before the clash between La Liga powers Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey final, Los Rojiblancos star Radamel Falcao talked about his team’s state of mind heading into the match. Falcao stated he knows Real “is favorite because of its budget and players, but we’re not bothered.”
The Colombian striker was also pestered about recent transfer rumors, but he decidedly played them off. “”I don’t know anything about Monaco. I’m focused on Atlético. What’s been said is of no concern to me. According to the media I’ve signed with half of Europe: Chelsea, United, Monaco, Real Madrid… There’s no truth to it. Six months after I got here there was already speculation I would be joining another club.”
“Last year they asked me the same thing in Bucarest, whether it would be my last big game with Atleti, and guess what? I’m still here.” “The more finals you play the more you enjoy them. All I’m concerned about is playing well and doing my best for the team, and we’ll see what happens.”
Falcao heads into the match with 28 goals in La Liga.
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Category Atletico De Madrid, Copa del Rey, Real Madrid
Posted on May 16, 2013 by Ifreke Okpokowuruk
Heading into the Copa del Rey final against Atletico on Friday, Cristiano Ronaldo spoke with ‘RealMadridTV’. “We have to make a good, strong start, the way this club, the best in the world, really plays. Just because the Bernabéu is split in half isn’t going to crush our ambition to win this cup,” he said.
Cristiano didn’t seemed fazed by the recent distractions involving his teammates and manager Jose Mourinho. “We’re ready and determined to win this title. On Friday, I hope that the team bus gets a reception similar to the one we got against Borussia Dortmund,” he remarked.
“It’s a trophy which really fires us up and we want to win it. We know that it will be a tightly contested game against a rival from the same city and it will be a great spectacle. We hope Real Madrid can win it.” Ronaldo will take his team up against a streaking Radamel Falcao and his Atletico de Madrid squad Friday night.
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Category Atletico De Madrid, Copa del Rey, Real Madrid
Posted on December 14, 2012 by Glen Walter
Jose Mourinho was left frustrated by Real Madrid’s performance in their defeat to Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has admitted that his side deserved to lose to Celta Vigo in Wednesday night’s Copa del Rey battle, but believes his players will have what it takes to overturn their opponents in the return fixture at Santiago Bernabeu. Continue reading “Mourinho saddened by Celta defeat but insists Madrid can still progress in the cup” »
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Category Celta Vigo, Copa del Rey, la liga news, Real Madrid